Rugby World Cup

[nitpicker1]

[Newtown-Fella]

[Ferney]

I knew the game would be close as France can really play a good game when it counts.  They'd be gutted to lose by 1.  I was nervous before the starting whistle and couldn't watch the 2nd half until Mr F called out 3 minutes to go.    The 11yr old was worse as he couldn't watch it at all. 
I watched all the interviews and panel talks afterwards and that was good.   I can tell you that I didn't feel any joy at the final whistle, just relief.
 
 

[Alicat]

 I can tell you that I didn't feel any joy at the final whistle, just relief.
 
 

That pretty much sums it up

[Crusader]

That World Cup win was almost as good as watching Canterbury win the ITM Cup

[Kiwithrottlejockey]

Cartoonist's uncanny Cup prediction

The Dominion Post | 5:00AM - Tuesday, 25 October 2011


UNCANNY: The Tom Scott cartoon that appeared in The Dominion Post the day before the Rugby World Cup final.

IT WAS a tongue-in-cheek cartoon, but turned into a prophecy.

"Why don't I have this luck with Lotto numbers?" cartoonist Tom Scott was wondering yesterday after his cartoon in Saturday's Dominion Post picked the way the Rugby World Cup final would unfold.

The cartoon depicted a rugby fan having a recurring nightmare in which Aaron Cruden was injured in the final, forcing the much maligned Stephen Donald onto the field to kick the goal that would determine who won or lost.

That's exactly what happened. When a knee injury forced Cruden off before halftime, Donald was forced to make his cup debut in the most pressure filled situation.

And after Piri Weepu sent three shots at goal astray, kicking duties were handed to the fourth-string number 10. But as the country held its breath, Donald calmly stepped up and nailed a penalty — and it was that kick which gave New Zealand its one point advantage when the final whistle blew.

Yesterday, Scott was bemused at how prophetic the cartoon had been. Although he had depicted Donald being pulled off the bench as a nightmare, he was happy to be proven wrong.

"I was really thrilled for him. He came on and played really well, he was really steady."

Scott wasn't sure if he had a natural knack for prophecy, but said the way the French played in the final showed you should never write people off — so maybe there was hope for Labour at the election, with a result that may be much closer than anticipated.

"That's my second prediction."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5843644/Cartoonists-uncanny-Cup-prediction

[Kiwithrottlejockey]

Tom Scott is a brilliant cartoonist who seems to have a knack of hitting the nail right on the head.

Here are another couple of his RWC-related cartoons, the first one from Wednesday last week and the other from today....







Last Friday, the Dominion Post published a Tom Scott cartoon hitting the nail right on the head about Jonkey, but I'll post that in a different thread. I just haven't quite decided which thread yet....